Carers who have helped Teesside stroke victims on the road to recovery have won awards for their compassion.
Management at Caremark (Redcar and Cleveland) used customer feedback to choose the winners of its annual care awards.
Employee of the year was Dean Buttle, 41, of Redcar. Dean was nominated by the family of Ted Badger, who has been receiving care from Caremark for the last two years, following a stroke.
Dean and fellow carer Beth Cappleman, 23 (who won the company’s Redcar carer of the year award) visit Ted and his wife Betty four times a day, doing everything from helping to get Ted up, washed and dressed on a morning, through to helping him into bed at night and supporting him with daily exercises to regain strength in his legs.
Betty said: “After Ted had a stroke I found it very hard to care for him, but Dean and Beth have been fantastic. I don’t know what I would do without them.”
Betty’s daughter Donna said: “Dean and Beth really do put a smile on my mam’s face as she knows she can trust them to do their jobs professionally and that they have a really good rapport with my dad.
“My dad loves them both too. They make him laugh and they are genuinely lovely people to be around. When Dean and Beth are with my mam and dad it puts my mind at ease because I know that they are in safe hands and would go that extra mile for them.”
Dean, who received £100, a certificate and a bottle of champagne, said: “It’s nice to be recognised for the work you do, but I don’t do it for reward. Caring for people like Ted is just something I love doing.”
Another award recipient for the Middlesbrough, Guisborough and North Yorkshire area was mum-of-four Michelle Townsend, 40, from Guisborough. Michelle, who received £50, a certificate and flowers, was nominated by Carol Painter, of Guisborough, who has a complicated and rare illness and is also recovering from a stroke, so she needs daily, one-to-one support.
Carol says: “Michelle is patient, considerate and kind and she has brought the outside world into my life. She helps me to deal with some of the challenging aspects of daily life and when I am with her, I feel I could climb a mountain.”
Other winners: extra care carer – Celia Dawson; East Cleveland carer - Andrea Starsmore; special achievement - Lynne Morris; outstanding achievement - Janet Morgan.
Caremark (Redcar and Cleveland) MD Charles Folkes said: “We thought it fitting that the people we provide care for should be instrumental in helping us to choose the winners.”
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